Supreme Court · 2009 INSC 815 · Decided 14 May 2009
Tahazhathe Purayil Sarabi & ORS. v. Union of India & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2009 INSC 815 · [2009] 10 S.C.R. 70
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 3568/2009
- Decided
- 14 May 2009
- Bench
- ALTAMAS KABIR, MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 392; CPC Section 3
Headnote
Interest Act, 1978 - s.3 - Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 c - s.34 - Money decree - Interest on, since when payable - Death of railway passenger - Compensation claim - Railway Claims Tribunal awarded compensation but did not grant interest on awarded amount from date of incident or date of claim - only in case of default in D compliance with order for deposit of compensation amount - ~ Held: Payment of interest follows as a matter of course when a money decree is passed - Interest is essentially a compensation payable on account of denial of the right to utilize the money due, which was,
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